The Mythic Tarot

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My suggestion: spend some time with the cards and the book first, and then buy the book and work with it to go deeper. 🙂 The Majors I love how the Empress (Demeter) has been rendered in this card – pregnant, and standing among her growing crops. Also, love the way that her crown looks a lot like a fort. The way I see it, this seems to symbolize the fact that growth on all levels is essentially linked to her, and to Nature Herself. Any kind of growth that goes against the laws of Nature will not sustain itself. After login, wordpress sets this cookie, which indicates when you’re logged in, and who you are, for most interface use. The only snag however was that mortals cannot look upon Zeus without incinerating, so true to form she perished, but not without Zeus rescuing the unborn baby and sewing him into his thigh (as you do) for a few months until the baby Dionysus was born, which led onto him being called ‘twice born’. The Workbook uses a variety of exercises that will help you get a deeper understanding of the card. There is a detailed explanation of each card, with space for writing down your notes of the exercises that have been given for the cards.

Later on in the story of Dionysus, we see him rescuing his mother from Hades, who then became a Goddess on Mount Olympus with the new name Thyone. A red cheeked Dionysus is on the edge of a cliff, and looks like he is about to take a flying leap. Behind him you see a dark cave, and directly above, an eagle is sitting and watching on a tree branch.His mother – Semele was a mortal priestess who was seduced and invariably impregnated by Zeus. To make this story brief, Hera (the wife of Zeus), on hearing of the pregnancy, befriends Semele and put doubts into her mind that Zeus was in fact a God. Because Semele then demanded that Zeus prove his divinity, and because he loved her so much, he did as she wished. The cards are stylised, with slightly two dimensional imagery of the pantheon of gods, goddesses, mythical figures and heroes and heroines of Greek mythology. An Earthy palette of colours is used and fine details embellish each image. The characters appear, illustrating a moment in an Ancient Greek story that also corresponds with a tarot card meaning. Animated shuffle & cut
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*Includes full book by Juliet Sharman-Burke and Liz Greene When reading with this card, it is important to take into consideration whether it has come out upright (positive association) or reverse (warning), and how that relates with the other cards that have been dealt in the particular spread you are reading.

The artwork is fresh clean and vibrant the cards appear simple and each illustration has the title written clearly above the lines are exact and there is a good deal of detail to work with. The Fool is represented by the Greek God Dionysus, wearing an ivy crown and leopard skin, which are particular symbols of this God. Greek Mythology has played a very important part in the development of the Western Psyche. Simple common words (psyche included) owe their origins to these Greek Myths. And the Mythic Tarot does an absolutely fantastic job of bringing all of the elements that are integral to these myths – the intriguing stories, the stellar star cast, and the interwoven plot lines – all together into these wonderful cards.Greek myth, like Tarot, forms its own imagined world of powerful archetypes. In The Mythic Tarot, the intersection of the two worlds is mutually rich and satisfying, and skillfully aligned with the familiar RWS imagery. First published in 1989, here you will find the journey of the Tarot cast from the characters of ancient Greek myth. With charmingly naïve art by Tricia Newell, the original Mythic Tarot illuminates these deceptively simple tales of Greek gods and heroes once again. It is interesting to note that his symbols are the thunderbolt, eagle, bull and oak, meaning that the eagle depicted on this card, could be symbolic of Zeus the father overseeing the actions of his son. The Ace of Swords with Athene, the Goddess of Justice standing tall with her sword in hand is a huge inspiration. I also love the way the clouds show the swirling thoughts that rise up in the air around her. My Thoughts When looking at this card, I ask myself, is he bright eyed and red cheeked because he is excitedly hurtling himself towards great adventure? Or is it because he has simply gone a little mad, is blind drunk and Apollo dared him to jump of that cliff for a bit of a laugh? The symbolism has kept the original suits of wands, pentacles, cups and swords. Tricia Newell, the artist has maintained wands as fire and swords as air. All the higher arcana keep their original titles such as ‘the Devil’ ‘Judgement’ ‘Hierophant’ but the imagery is replaced with illustrated versions of the Greek gods.